A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

In an extraordinary revelation, scientists suggest that miniature black holes—possibly smaller than the size of an atom—could ...

A supermassive black hole around a million times the mass of the Sun just gave away its position in spectacular fashion.. When a passing star veered a little too close, it was torn apart in the ...

Subrayan’s research focuses on big data analysis of sky survey data. “We think a very supermassive black hole pulled in a star and ripped it apart,” Subrayan said. “The forces around a black hole, ...

What's behind black hole 'fireworks,' according to scientists A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

According to the data, a star had come too close to a massive black hole and been ripped apart. Its stellar guts spiraled inward, heating up and glowing brightly across the electromagnetic spectrum.

This produces a black hole that can be, say, 10 times as massive as our sun. Then there's a kind of black hole that's way bigger, supermassive black holes, which can be millions of times more ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it happened. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The black hole, the official name of which is a mouthful (1ES 1927+654), ... For a while, the newly reformed corona was the brightest X-ray-emitting object in the sky, ...

Because black holes swallow all light, astronomers can't spot them directly like they do the many glittery cosmic objects in the sky. But there are a few keys that reveal a black hole's presence.

EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) -- Love and black holes generally do not go together. Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"— with its references to summer stench, a dead-looking sky, and times being gone for ...